All 14 Uses of
amiable
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being even now in wreck so attractive and amiable.†
p. 28.7amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
- I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone.†
p. 46.5
- Indeed, who would credit that Justine Moritz, who was so amiable, and fond of all the family, could suddenly become so capable of so frightful, so appalling a crime?†
p. 80.4
- During all that period she appeared to me the most amiable and benevolent of human creatures.
p. 86.2 *
- He played a sweet mournful air which I perceived drew tears from the eyes of his amiable companion, of which the old man took no notice, until she sobbed audibly; he then pronounced a few sounds, and the fair creature, leaving her work, knelt at his feet.†
p. 110.9
- A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.†
p. 114.2
- I could mention innumerable instances which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers.†
p. 116.1
- I admired virtue and good feelings and loved the gentle manners and amiable qualities of my cottagers, but I was shut out from intercourse with them, except through means which I obtained by stealth, when I was unseen and unknown, and which rather increased than satisfied the desire I had of becoming one among my fellows.†
p. 123.7
- These were the reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude; but when I contemplated the virtues of the cottagers, their amiable and benevolent dispositions, I persuaded myself that when they should become acquainted with my admiration of their virtues they would compassionate me and overlook my personal deformity.†
p. 133.3
- I endeavoured to crush these fears and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathizing with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation.†
p. 134.0
- The more I saw of them, the greater became my desire to claim their protection and kindness; my heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures; to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection was the utmost limit of my ambition.†
p. 134.6
- These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me.†
p. 136.2
- Rely, therefore, on your hopes; and if these friends are good and amiable, do not despair.'†
p. 136.4
- The memory of that unfortunate king and his companions, the amiable Falkland, the insolent Goring, his queen, and son, gave a peculiar interest to every part of the city which they might be supposed to have inhabited.†
p. 165.2